The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-31
ABREAKFAST DISH.

I
Of those paltry things you can't wear
I'LL candle light on account OF the yet
ow there is in them. So white so
.lear, so brilliant, pellucid as water
drop and sparkling as star! 1t was
all but big enough, too, to have
name OF its own, like those that the
-ova diamonds have-'Star OF the
Four Points OF the Compass. Light
,f the World to come, GLORY oil the
Middle of tho Earth, Mother OF the
Moon Why under the sun" cried
Mrs. Torrance, the pretty creature IN
bewItching gown, pouring coffee Tor
,er husband, the little butler having
been dismissed by Mr.. Torrance-'n
ear OF the wrath to come. perhaps
shouldn't our diamonds have names
- well rs those OF kings and queen----
yours ought to have one" said
ier husband, quietly. 1T would be
suitable to call now; it's in the voca.
i've, you know
well | must say don't believe
any man was even so disturbed by the
oss OF such n thing as that. Archl'
)ald, that stone was worth a thous'
md dollars
Really, | ought to be aware OF the
act, dear, if any one Is. You have OIL
cred to sell it and procure the sum
or my necessities every time | have
been hard up since we married. And
/ have Mildred arrested for TINS
heit, as you suggest, IT will cost an
other thousand before we arc done
with il; for she would certainly be
proved innocent. aud then libel SUIT
would be the next thing in order.
But, Archy, Mildred can't be PROV
I'd innocent. How can she be, when ]
<now she took it? And there was no
,ne else to take it.. And Mrs. Tor
ranoe paused with suspended cup, her
,reat wondering eyes searching space
or reply. "If ever anything lay IN
4 straight line, it is the evidence
against that girl" she continued.
The other day when the ring fell on
the floor she was in the room, ana
she asked me what n stone ike that
was worth, and then gave such Sigh
that said; i suppose You think It's
wrong for me to wear $ 900 on my
6ngery And she said: i WASH
thinking OF the ring was only
thinking that 81 900 can do a great
ieal OF good The mink, We'll, !
said, 1T does a great deal OF good-ln
looking pretty on my hand. Indeed
IL does look beautiful there, said she
she's very particular about her ad-
verbs: wish she was about her cate
,hism-'bul good deed done by n
hand is its most beautiful Jewel, to
NV thinking Just hear that To
her mistress. Are you through
Why, I've only Just begun"
"She is quite n missionary, SAID
Mr. Torrance, picking up his newspa-
per "And the worst oil 1t Is, she is
right.
"Now, Archibald, don't, Tor mercy 5
sake. 20 to reading, SAID his wife II
do think the morning news might wait
Tor once It's nothing but dynamiters
blowing M the British empire and
Arabs making mummies OF the BRUSH
army-aII distractions; but my ring
is something positive, tangible here ut
hand.
II wish it were, said Mr.. Torrance.
And then | could be allowed
But as he glanced at the lovely Great
urc onnoste. with her reproachiul
brown eyes. IN which stood Two tears
as big as the diamond she had
lost. her color going and coming with
her br, ath, as you might say, and the
rose-colored ribbons OF her morning
can all a-nutter with her earnestness
he folded his paper and said; "Well,
my dear
well. my dear" mimicked Mrs.
Torrance. in derision. 81 should say
lis ANYTHING but well when n man
hears oi =, servant insulting actually
insnltng--hIs wife, and says she's III
tn. right.
Now. Janet ! will submit to YOU
own Judgment ii that's a fair inter
pretation. -,
.l'ou needn't do anything OF the
sort. 1t isn't iair to suppose have
any Judgment, II what ! say concern
ing Mildred-pertectly ridiculous cog
nomen. Who ever heard Mildred fol
"A servants name?
why not Mildrcdg"
why not Gwendoline. then, OF
Fredegonde, or Thusnelda? How
would 1t seem to be telling Gladys &c
brush the dust of my shoes And NIL
dred IL inst A. had. IN had my way